France will go into Saturday's match against Argentina looking to turn the tide on their recent run of poor form against the Pumas.

Argentina have won eight of the last 12 meetings between the two nations and met for two Tests in June. France opted to rest many of their key players ahead of the trip to Argentina and were shocked in the opening Test by an efficient Argentina team which prevailed 23-20 thanks to Manuel Montero's late try and Felipe Contepomi's conversion. But France struck back in the next Test with a resounding 49-10 triumph with Frederic Michalak starring at fly-half.

But it is Argentina who have enjoyed the better rub of the green in recent times. And they will look back fondly on the two victories they notched over France, the tournaments hosts, during the 2007 World Cup. They stunned Les Bleus 17-12 in the opening game in Saint Denis before thoroughly embarrassing them with a 34-10 success in the third/fourth place play-off at the Parc des Princes some six weeks later.

It was Les Bleus who won the last time the pair met in France when they prevailed 15-9 in Montpellier back in 2010. In a dire match featuring no tries, Morgan Parra knocked over 12 points and alongside Damien Traille's drop-goal, that proved to be enough to get the victory.